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bbc news, benghazi, libya. >> good to have you with us. still to come -- how does a community cope with almost complete obliteration? first though, our correspondent has been hit you the -- has been to the port of sendai, near the epicenter. >> this is the first full working day since the tsunami hit last friday and it has caused a surge in rescue operations on a massive scale. there are still thousands of people unaccounted for. the official death toll overall is a result of what happened, around 1500 people. that is expected to rise quite sharply in the next days and weeks. as rescue teams manage to get out to those outer lining, remote coastal areas they still have not been able to get to. about 100,000 army personnel, along with 250,000 police and other rescuers are part of the relief effort. it is on a huge scale, as i say, and the prime minister has suggested the problems of this country are as bad as was the case back in 1945. the situation has not been worse since the second world war. after that of course, the fear of the populati
bbc news, benghazi, libya. >> good to have you with us. still to come -- how does a community cope with almost complete obliteration? first though, our correspondent has been hit you the -- has been to the port of sendai, near the epicenter. >> this is the first full working day since the tsunami hit last friday and it has caused a surge in rescue operations on a massive scale. there are still thousands of people unaccounted for. the official death toll overall is a result of what...
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they try to scare us. it is not working anymore. >> in these uncertain times, it pays to be prepared. we are trying to get to the hospital which troops got to yesterday. there has been nobody in or out. even if they need medical help, many are terrified to get there. the troops are still in control of the hospital. we have heard that doctors are being allowed in and out. the military is firmly in control. elsewhere in the city, there were attempts to defy bahrain's martial law. there were small attempt by security forces. this is one of the men injured. this is the car of somebody filming for the bbc. it was shot at. it is not clear why. it is clear that the authorities do not want the world to see how they are dealing with the uprising here. >> there is not much cheer around. it is in italy's 150th birthday. the country was unified on march 17, 1861 after a battle between the different power bases. now there is more that divides in italy than unites it. >> italy is putting on its party frock. the celebrat
they try to scare us. it is not working anymore. >> in these uncertain times, it pays to be prepared. we are trying to get to the hospital which troops got to yesterday. there has been nobody in or out. even if they need medical help, many are terrified to get there. the troops are still in control of the hospital. we have heard that doctors are being allowed in and out. the military is firmly in control. elsewhere in the city, there were attempts to defy bahrain's martial law. there were...
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we'll be right back, stay with us. after the french ambassador's remarks, we called him in paris to get his impressions of libya and what he saw. he's a friend of this program and we're pleased to have him on the program tonight from paris. welcome. >> thank you, pleased to be there, too. >> rose: tell me what happened. you went to benghazi and other places. what did you see? what whatdid you decide you needed to say to the french president? >> first of all, i saw the prime minister at the beginning of the the beginning of a bloodbath, i saw young people badly armed in front of the very strong and very savage mercenaries army. this is the first point, an army of mercenaries waging a war against the civilians of libya. some planes bombing civilians, i saw the beginning of mass legislature. number two, i met the free libyans. they are not angels but they are good guys, honest-- i had great and long talks with them. i perceived, i understood that they are today real possible alternative, that they are not involved in-- an
we'll be right back, stay with us. after the french ambassador's remarks, we called him in paris to get his impressions of libya and what he saw. he's a friend of this program and we're pleased to have him on the program tonight from paris. welcome. >> thank you, pleased to be there, too. >> rose: tell me what happened. you went to benghazi and other places. what did you see? what whatdid you decide you needed to say to the french president? >> first of all, i saw the prime...
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my orders are half of what they used to be. >> on the other side of the road, a mechanic waits for customers who no longer come. car maintenance is a luxury many people for go and hard times. >> business has been bad since the revolution. the revolution is a very good thing. we need to see changes. we need security. we need the government back on the streets. >> the strong desire to see their lives return to normal will probably persuade many people to vote yes to the constitutional changes. many of those who led the january revolution feel the army is pushing the return to normality much too quickly. a chat with customers at this shop reveals divided opinions. >> yes, a thousand times yes, say the elderly men. it is only a transitional phase. we can make more changes later. >> this man said no. >> everything was being done in too much of a hurry. >> then no campaign has been fighting eye-catching places for its message. the constitutional changes do not go far enough and the referendum is too soon. >> people should vote no. this is what we have the revolution for. we need to change it and n
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some of the pictures are too disturbing for us to show. misrata matters because it is the last big town in western libya still in western -- still in rebel hands. the airport was shut down today, and the main hospital seemed to be controlled by pro- gaddafi forces. the fighting today is said to be centered on the port. last night, the coalition bombed the capital, -- the capitol, tripoli, for the fourth night running. images on the television plainly showed military vehicles running. but the government insisted that civilian areas and had been hit and 18 civilians had died. according to libyan television, these pictures showed injured civilians. today, the libyan authorities took journalists to see a funeral ceremony for civilians they say have been killed in a coalition attacks. it has not been possible to confirm this. colonel gaddafi is still promising his supporters victory. there were signs that some were getting nervous, but the coalition's intervention has not been nearly as devastating as many expected. 7 now, -- so now, if the coa
some of the pictures are too disturbing for us to show. misrata matters because it is the last big town in western libya still in western -- still in rebel hands. the airport was shut down today, and the main hospital seemed to be controlled by pro- gaddafi forces. the fighting today is said to be centered on the port. last night, the coalition bombed the capital, -- the capitol, tripoli, for the fourth night running. images on the television plainly showed military vehicles running. but the...
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stay with us if you can. we have the latest. first though, just 39 years old, the german defense minister looked to have a great future. karl-theodor zu guttenberg was even talked about being a possible president, but there were cries of plagiarism with his doctoral thesis. >> young, with a glamorous wife, an aristocrat, which. today, the charmer and out. -- rich. today, the charm ran out, he resigned. he said, "was a friendly chat with angela merkel, i told her i would resign." the doctoral thesis he said he wrote, he did not write entirely. caughpage after page, it was wrn by others. the sheehan had gone. -- sheen had gone. angela merkel said she had accepted his resignation. she says, "this morning, i was surprised when he asked to speak with me by phone. i have accepted his resignation with a heavy heart." the german army is being radically restructured. his departure leaves a gap in governance, but he was also for the very top job, so that throws politics into uncertainty. the chancellor had stood by her defense minister, a
stay with us if you can. we have the latest. first though, just 39 years old, the german defense minister looked to have a great future. karl-theodor zu guttenberg was even talked about being a possible president, but there were cries of plagiarism with his doctoral thesis. >> young, with a glamorous wife, an aristocrat, which. today, the charmer and out. -- rich. today, the charm ran out, he resigned. he said, "was a friendly chat with angela merkel, i told her i would resign."...
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it's all gone, he told us. then he said with a wry smile it was supposed to be earthquake proof but my family is okay. every few minutes the rescue teams were pulling bodies out. four here left for collection. another covered with plastic sheeting and a simple note attached saying where and when it was found. they do their best to give dignity to the dead, but there are simply too many to stand on ceremony. this man is alive today because he was at work elsewhere. he knew why this disaster had been so deadly. "after the earthquake the waves began almost immediately," he told us. "it wasn't only about 15 minutes so there wasn't enough time." (crying) two old friends hug each other as they discovered both have lived through this. a small ray of happiness in what is otherwise uniformly depressing. above above them helicopters are trying to douse the flames that are still burning on the hillsides. because the devastation here is not just in the town but for miles up the valley into areas that have never been though
it's all gone, he told us. then he said with a wry smile it was supposed to be earthquake proof but my family is okay. every few minutes the rescue teams were pulling bodies out. four here left for collection. another covered with plastic sheeting and a simple note attached saying where and when it was found. they do their best to give dignity to the dead, but there are simply too many to stand on ceremony. this man is alive today because he was at work elsewhere. he knew why this disaster had...
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you'll never be able to use them again. the sea water is modulated with boron to make sure that neurons aren't active. that means the plants are a write-off. the question is can they continue keeping this sea water in at a proper level to keep the temperatures safe. >> ifill: is what we just saw in those pictures, is that we have here in the united states? is it the same kind of set-up? >> well, basically our struck truers are a little beefier than that. one important point which i should tell everybody is that the diesel fuel tanks for the auxiliary generators which keep the water pumping are all buried here in the united states. these tanks were above ground for reasons that a lot of engineers can't fully understand. this is, after all, a seismically active area. the ring of fire. japanese after all invented the term tsunami. the fact that they had fuel tanks of diesel to run these generators this last resort generator above grown has people mystified. >> ifill: without the power you can't keep it cool. that's the problem
you'll never be able to use them again. the sea water is modulated with boron to make sure that neurons aren't active. that means the plants are a write-off. the question is can they continue keeping this sea water in at a proper level to keep the temperatures safe. >> ifill: is what we just saw in those pictures, is that we have here in the united states? is it the same kind of set-up? >> well, basically our struck truers are a little beefier than that. one important point which i...
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it took us 31 days. moreover, we've accomplished these objectives consistent with the pledge that i made to the american people at the outset of our military operations. i said that america's role would be limited and that we would not put ground troops into libya, that we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation and that we would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners. tonight we are fulfilling that pledge. our most effective alliance, nato, has taken command of the enforcement of the arms embargo and the no fly zone. last night nato decided to take on the additional responsibility of protecting libyan civilians. this transfer from the united states to nato will take place on wednesday. going forward, the lead in enforcing the no fly zone and protecting civilians on the ground will transition to our allies and partners. and i am fully confident that our coalition will keep the pressure on qaddafi's remaining forces. in that effort, the united states will play a s
it took us 31 days. moreover, we've accomplished these objectives consistent with the pledge that i made to the american people at the outset of our military operations. i said that america's role would be limited and that we would not put ground troops into libya, that we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation and that we would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners. tonight we are fulfilling that pledge. our most effective alliance, nato, has taken...
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>> this is a very big challenge for us. but one thing that we find a little encouraging even in this circumstance is all the people in the world are trying to help us. and also people are trying to cope with their situation honorably. very few looting and things like that. trying to be rather patient and resilient. we hope that we'll come back soon. it will take time. but we are coming back. >> let's turn to the nuclear issue. you mentioned it yourself. how close are the workers at the plant, fish... officials there, the plant, to making it safe? >> this is difficult to pre-judge. the situation changes every day. but we feel that we have approaching a stage where we could control this situation. i don't say that we have arrived. we are trying to approach that. there are six reactors we have to take care of. sometimes smoke comes out. we have to put the water. this activity is going on every day. >> woodruff: how doo you define getting it under control? what is that going to mean. when what will have happened? >> to bring it
>> this is a very big challenge for us. but one thing that we find a little encouraging even in this circumstance is all the people in the world are trying to help us. and also people are trying to cope with their situation honorably. very few looting and things like that. trying to be rather patient and resilient. we hope that we'll come back soon. it will take time. but we are coming back. >> let's turn to the nuclear issue. you mentioned it yourself. how close are the workers at...
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especially by using their technical might. i also appeal to the enter in the community to enforce a no- fly zone over libya in order to prevent some some of the neighboring countries from sending things into tripoli. >> reporter: tonight some fear that colonel qaddafi could attack benghazi again but they raised their flags and tried to establish civilian and military control of the town. >> woodruff: on the international front, the european union approved an arms embargo and other sanctions against the qaddafi regime. the u.s. military began moving air and naval forces closer to libya. british prime minister david cameron called for enforcing a no-fly zone against libyan planes. and in geneva, secretary of state hillary clinton said all options are on the table, from no-fly zones to war crimes prosecutions. >> colonel qaddafi and those around him must be held accountable for these acts. which violate international legal obligations and common decency. through their actions, they have lost the legitimacy to govern. and the peop
especially by using their technical might. i also appeal to the enter in the community to enforce a no- fly zone over libya in order to prevent some some of the neighboring countries from sending things into tripoli. >> reporter: tonight some fear that colonel qaddafi could attack benghazi again but they raised their flags and tried to establish civilian and military control of the town. >> woodruff: on the international front, the european union approved an arms embargo and other...
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bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: japan's nuclear crisis deepened today, as radiation levels jumped at a badly damaged nuclear plant. and for millions who survived last week's earthquake and tsunami, winter storms added misery to nuclear fears and the struggle for food, water and basic comforts. we have a series of reports from "independent television news," beginning with alex thomson, who traveled today to the town of kamaishi. >> reporter: army aid convoys heading east over the central mountains into the quake zone this morning. several japanese have asked me what have we done to deserve an historically powerful earthquake this vast tsunami damage and now the bliz archdiocese?" with official
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why are you creating another iraq next to us? and i think that illustrates how traumatized the arab world has been by the war in iraq, how wary they are of another event like that happening. and i think it is why obama really felt happy last might to be able to say the u.s. military phase of this basically is over. >> and draw a clear line between iraq, you know, he did it quite directly in libya. >> right. especially qaddafi said the bottom line is we have gone down this road before in iraq, regime change took eight years, it cost upwards of a trillion dollars and thousands and thousands of lives and we have learned our lesson and we can't go about this union lat ly that we need to work within the international framework to be able to intervene, prevent humanitarian catastrophes and the massacre that was unfolding. >> let me ask you before we leave this, this has been fascinating about conservatives in america. there seems to be several different strains, which comes to the fore. >> oh, al, the fascinating thing about this issue
why are you creating another iraq next to us? and i think that illustrates how traumatized the arab world has been by the war in iraq, how wary they are of another event like that happening. and i think it is why obama really felt happy last might to be able to say the u.s. military phase of this basically is over. >> and draw a clear line between iraq, you know, he did it quite directly in libya. >> right. especially qaddafi said the bottom line is we have gone down this road...
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they brought us here to show us the damage. we're in the inner sanctum of the leader's compound. they say this is all the evidence they need to show that the coalition is trying to kill qaddafi. britain's minister of defense told channel 4 news that today what hit this building was a tomahawk cruise missile fired from a british submarine. the building was believed to have contained military communications equipment making it, a legitimate target. qaddafi's famous bed win tent where he works and entertains his visitors was just over 100 meters from the blast site. the leader's whereabouts are presently unknown. just over 100 miles from tripoli, qaddafi's forces are still reported to be besieging the contested city of misrata. no fresh footage has emerged today. but the residents claim his troops are using civilians as human shields and firing on unarmed civilians too. this despite government affirmations that it's stick to go the cease-fire. coalition warplanes will right now be readying for their third night of raids on libya. the leader himself has not been seen or heard from si
they brought us here to show us the damage. we're in the inner sanctum of the leader's compound. they say this is all the evidence they need to show that the coalition is trying to kill qaddafi. britain's minister of defense told channel 4 news that today what hit this building was a tomahawk cruise missile fired from a british submarine. the building was believed to have contained military communications equipment making it, a legitimate target. qaddafi's famous bed win tent where he works and...
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he used nuclear. once again many people would dispute whether nuclear power is something that produce wastes that remains dangerous for thousands of years really constitutes clean energy. so i think that that is a very good question and we haven't even... you can see sort of from that speech we haven't even defined what we mean by clean energy. the term is just bandied around and it means many different things to many different people. i think generally people would agree that wind and solar which have pretty low up front costs at the ends of the day... i don't mean in terms of financially but in terms of environmental costs and at the end of the day produce virtually no waste, those probably qualify as clean energy by anyone's definition. >> ifill: is the american public on board? >> well, that is the question of the hour, and i really sort of feel almost sorry for those kids at georgetown today when the president said we need you to have a vision. and i think point would be we really need the admini
he used nuclear. once again many people would dispute whether nuclear power is something that produce wastes that remains dangerous for thousands of years really constitutes clean energy. so i think that that is a very good question and we haven't even... you can see sort of from that speech we haven't even defined what we mean by clean energy. the term is just bandied around and it means many different things to many different people. i think generally people would agree that wind and solar...
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you're back with us. go ahead. >> i don't think that's accurate gwen, to say we haven't made progress. as i think you saw in the newspapers today, starting this morning we were enforcing the arms embargo as a result of nato action. we're finalizing command and control infrastructure for the no-fly zone but we know it's important over the last two days, the enforcement of the no-fly zone was done principally if not entirely by non-u.s. airplanes. now the united states still flew important missions as relate too old gathering intelligence, as it relates to fueling those airplanes and as it relates to jamming certain communications. but the bottom line is that this is now the international community that's stepping up. so i just don't agree the premise of the question. >> reporter: secretary clinton said it would be easiest if colonel qaddafi left and we heard admiral mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff say that this week that he didn't know. they had to envision a possibility that he would sti
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stay with us. we'll take a look at what's happening in the middle east with some discerning perspectives from people with experience in foreign policy and conflict analysis. stay with us. we continue with a broad look at the ongoing turmoil in north africa and the gulf. the "new york times" reported today four journalists are missing. meanwhile, the debate in washington over how to respond continues. should the united states and the international community impose a no-fly zone over the country, or should they do more or less? joining me now in, are washington, john negroponte, former department secretary of state, and former director of the national intelligence. zalmay khalilzad, served as u.s. ambassador to the united nations ambassador to iraq, and ambassador to afghanistan. also here, rob malley. he is a program director for the middle east and north africa at the international crisis group. i begin with john negroponte. so where are we, and what are our options? >> well, i think where we are i
stay with us. we'll take a look at what's happening in the middle east with some discerning perspectives from people with experience in foreign policy and conflict analysis. stay with us. we continue with a broad look at the ongoing turmoil in north africa and the gulf. the "new york times" reported today four journalists are missing. meanwhile, the debate in washington over how to respond continues. should the united states and the international community impose a no-fly zone over...
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i prefer to use pressure. we are not-- we are not in favor-- or we are not fighting-- we are one country. we & we have to keep our unity. now they established the council nash council, and this council now will-- has about 30 members. >> brown: and it's led by the former interior-- >> that's led by former justice, and he's a great man. >> brown: how much backing does it have? it include people like him, who have been tied to the government in the past. >> no, this man has never been tied to the government. i know him personally. this man is a man with principles. if he claimed he wants to reform but unfortunately, he-- he is the only minister in the history of libya since qaddafi took over to resign. this man he came hoping that changes will take place in libya. but when he finds out there is no way, he just quits. >> brown: so is there a unified opposition at this point with a clear agenda? >> you mean the minister? >> brown: the minister but everyone else around the country? >> i think everybody in libya, fo
i prefer to use pressure. we are not-- we are not in favor-- or we are not fighting-- we are one country. we & we have to keep our unity. now they established the council nash council, and this council now will-- has about 30 members. >> brown: and it's led by the former interior-- >> that's led by former justice, and he's a great man. >> brown: how much backing does it have? it include people like him, who have been tied to the government in the past. >> no, this...
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we use liquid nitrogen which is 78% of the air around us is nitrogen. if you cool it down enough it condenses into a clear liquid. those things are new and unfamiliar. that's just kind of a new and interesting ingredient. we patronize the local farmers' markets in seattle. we have a sustainable shellfish grown for us by a place called taylor shellfish. i have no argument against approach to cooking. >> rose: people raised the question that this is processed foot. >> processd is technique and if you process with an eye towards making something wonderful, like wine, like cheese, like bread, like pasta, well, some of the things we do in this book are as elaborate as making cheese or bread or wine or pasta. but they take you in a different direction and allow you do new things. we have plenty of traditional recipes in the book. >> rose: is the best food you like food prepared this way? >> that's a complicated question. let me give you two answers. the first is this is my book so i like every recipe in the book. (laughs) you may not but i do. soy love the st
we use liquid nitrogen which is 78% of the air around us is nitrogen. if you cool it down enough it condenses into a clear liquid. those things are new and unfamiliar. that's just kind of a new and interesting ingredient. we patronize the local farmers' markets in seattle. we have a sustainable shellfish grown for us by a place called taylor shellfish. i have no argument against approach to cooking. >> rose: people raised the question that this is processed foot. >> processd is...
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had sanctioned the use of military power. but it's not so strange, given persistenreports, post-cease- fire announcement, that rebel- held misratah, 130 miles east of tripoli, remains under heavy bombardment. the government denies this. we can't authenticate these pictures, but they accord with eyewitness reports. 25 killed, doctors say. so much for the immediate cease- fire. >> they're still shelling. i hope you can hear gunfire in the background. about an hour ago, two shells landed across the road from the medical center into the local hotel there. >> reporter: colonel qaddafi had warned that his troops would have no mercy. "the u.n. had no right to intervene," he said, branding it madness. "if the world has gone crazy," he said, "then we will go crazy, too." at 2:00 a.m. local time, two hours after the u.n. vote, angry protesters interrupted an emergency news conference at our central tripoli hotel. "britain and america have let us all down once again," they chant. these demonstrators knew exactly where to come. they've i
had sanctioned the use of military power. but it's not so strange, given persistenreports, post-cease- fire announcement, that rebel- held misratah, 130 miles east of tripoli, remains under heavy bombardment. the government denies this. we can't authenticate these pictures, but they accord with eyewitness reports. 25 killed, doctors say. so much for the immediate cease- fire. >> they're still shelling. i hope you can hear gunfire in the background. about an hour ago, two shells landed...
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take us back to what happened that precipitated the lawsuit. >> okay. as you recall, there was a protest, picketing outside of a church in which a fallen marine was being... a funeral service was being held for a fallen marine. the family of the marine sued the westborough baptist church claiming that the demonstration inflicted emotional distress on them. that's a basis for a lawsuit for damages. it's a personal injury. the westborough baptist church raised as a defense the first amendment and the lower appellate court held that the first amendment did protect this speech and overturned a jury verdict in favor of the family. >> woodruff: so what was the main question, then, before the justices. >> whether the first amendment protected this speech. chief justice roberts wrote the opinion today and this morning in the courtroom he read a summary of that opinion and it was very clear, i think, from his tone that he really wanted people to understand how the court reached the decision and that the court's sympathy-- if not the law-- is with the snyders. he
take us back to what happened that precipitated the lawsuit. >> okay. as you recall, there was a protest, picketing outside of a church in which a fallen marine was being... a funeral service was being held for a fallen marine. the family of the marine sued the westborough baptist church claiming that the demonstration inflicted emotional distress on them. that's a basis for a lawsuit for damages. it's a personal injury. the westborough baptist church raised as a defense the first...
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uses only the acellular pertussis vaccine. but as the united states was changing vaccines something else was happening. health officials across the country were reporting increasing numbers of positive whooping cough cases. and in a government lab about 30 minutes outside of amsterdam, a group of scientists had discovered something else-- the bacterium that causes whooping cough started to look a little different. >> this new mutation had the effect that the bacteria started to produce more pertussis toxin. >> reporter: just whether that mutation is to blame, at least in part, for the california epidemic and outbreaks elsewhere in the world is at the heart of the whooping cough debate. >> even though these changes have occurred there is no evidence that that's lead to increased vaccine failure. >> reporter: just how effective is the vaccine? that all depends on who you talk to. drug information included with the two most commonly used whooping cough vaccines in the u.s. say the vaccine is 85% effective. dr. mooi believes there
uses only the acellular pertussis vaccine. but as the united states was changing vaccines something else was happening. health officials across the country were reporting increasing numbers of positive whooping cough cases. and in a government lab about 30 minutes outside of amsterdam, a group of scientists had discovered something else-- the bacterium that causes whooping cough started to look a little different. >> this new mutation had the effect that the bacteria started to produce...
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help fill us in. there is, of course, world war ii,, u but there is also a lot of history of nuclear power, energy in japan, questions of security and safety. talk about some of that. >> obviously, at the end of world war ii, japan was a target of new nuclear bomb attacks by the united states and allied forces, and that created a very song adverse reaction toward this whole concept of nuclear energy, atomic bomb in general. but at the same time, japan is a very resource-poof country so they have been importing over 95% of their oil supply from the middle east and there always is a demand to diversify the energy resources. and the nuclear power is one of such sources. in fact, japan's, the percentage of nuclear power that is occupied in japan's complete, total electricity output is about 30%, which is quite high among industrialized countries. but at the same time, there's always been a question about why whereto put those nuclear plants whether the nuclear plants are safe. there has been, like the pre
help fill us in. there is, of course, world war ii,, u but there is also a lot of history of nuclear power, energy in japan, questions of security and safety. talk about some of that. >> obviously, at the end of world war ii, japan was a target of new nuclear bomb attacks by the united states and allied forces, and that created a very song adverse reaction toward this whole concept of nuclear energy, atomic bomb in general. but at the same time, japan is a very resource-poof country so...